Around Sports: Djokovic rolls to Dubai title

From wire reports

Updated 11:48 pm, Saturday, March 2, 2013

Photo: Regi Varghese, STR

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates his win over Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Regi Varghese)

Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates his win over Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 2, 2013. (AP

Vyjack remained unbeaten on his way to the Kentucky Derby, rallying for a 2¼-length victory in the $400,000 Gotham Stakes for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct In New York. …

Clearly Now rallied at the top of the stretch for a 1¾-length victory over long shot Singanothersong to win the $150,000 Swale Stakes at Gulstream Park in Hallandale, Fla.

WINTER SPORTS

White cruises through halfpipe

Shaun White has defended his title at the U.S. Open snowboarding championships, easily winning the event with a flawless performance through a sun-splashed halfpipe in Vail, Colo.

White went big in his opening run, holding little back, and only got better on his second pass when he turned in the high score of 95.58 points. Japanese teenagerAyumu Hirano finished second and Louie Vito of Sandy, Utah, took third. …

Tina Maze of Slovenia broke the record for points in a World Cup season in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, by winning a downhill, which also made her only the third woman to win a race in all five disciplines in a single campaign. …Adrien Theaux of France earned his second career World Cup victory in Kvitfjell, Norway, by narrowly beating home favorite Aksel Lund Svindal in a downhill.